As predicted, yesterday was productive & a trifle dull for anyone to read about (tho not entirely virtuous, some Left 4 Dead was played too:) ). So, as also predicted, here's a list of the beers we drank on Saturday. This is possibly also dull for other people reading this, but I'd like a record of what we had :) Very much not in order, as I can't remember what we had when.

J:Red Fox Black Fox Porter (possibly also J's favourite of the day, but his favourite of the festival was the Ferocious Fred)Archers something - this was an addition to the list, and I think it was called something like Old Bill but I'm not sureAdnams BroadsideNethergate Monks HabbitTheakstons Old Peculiar OakedWoodfordes WherryBlindmans Just Like ThatBuffys Pollys FollyEarl Soham AlbertGreene King XX MildHarviestoun Thistle DoMill Green Bulls Cross

We seemed fairly consistent with our favourites - Red Fox's Black Fox Porter and Grindleton's Farley's Dusk being favourite beers of the day/festival for all three of us; J also had the High House Farm Ferocious Fred as a favourite, but as it was off by Saturday the rest of us didn't get a chance to have a whole drink of it (the taste I had on Thursday was nice, tho :) ).

I like reading all these lovely names. And I have yet to find a beer I like. But the nomenclature is wonderful. (Reminds me of lists of names of apples, or thymes, with stories for each, if I but knew them.)

Yeah, I like the names too - if presented with a choice of beers that I otherwise know nothing about I often pick based on which name makes me smile most. I'm the other way round from you in that there are very few beers I dislike, so that's a fairly safe way to pick my drink :)

Oh good heavens, yes. We were in the pub pretty much all afternoon & evening, and most of those were halves with me having the occassional 1/3 pint. Still rather too much beer, mind you, but not kill oneself quantities ;)